Publications

Selected publications

(† equal contribution, * corresponding)

Li, C.; Chen, L.; Jiang, F.; Song, Z.; Wang, X.; Balvanz, A.; Ugur, E.; Liu, Y.; Liu, C.; Maxwell, A.; Chen, H.; Liu, Y.; Wang, Z.; Xia, P.; Li, Y.; Fu, S.; Sun, N.; Grice, C. R.; Wu, X.; Fink, Z.; Hu, Q.; Zeng, L.; Jung, E.; Wang, J.; Park, S. M.; Luo, D.; Chen, C.; Shen, J.; Han, Y.; Perini, C. A. R.; Correa-Baena, J.-P.; Lu, Z.-H.; Russell, T. P.; De Wolf, S.; Kanatzidis, M. G.; Ginger, D. S.; Chen, B.*; Yan, Y.*; Sargent, E. H.* Diamine Chelates for Increased Stability in Mixed Sn–Pb and All-Perovskite Tandem Solar Cells. Nat. Energy 2024, 1–9.

​ Chen, H.; Liu, C.; Xu, J.; Maxwell, A.; Zhou, W.; Yang, Y.; Zhou, Q.; Bati, A. S. R.; Wan, H.; Wang, Z.; Zeng, L.; Wang, J.; Serles, P.; Liu, Y.; Teale, S.; Liu, Y.; Saidaminov, M. I.; Li, M.; Rolston, N.; Hoogland, S.; Filleter, T.; Kanatzidis, M. G.; Chen, B.*; Ning, Z.*; Sargent, E. H.* Improved Charge Extraction in Inverted Perovskite Solar Cells with Dual-Site-Binding Ligands. Science 2024, 384 (6692), 189–193.

​ Xu, J.; Maxwell, A.; Song, Z.; Bati, A. S. R.; Chen, H.; Li, C.; Park, S. M.; Yan, Y.; Chen, B.*; Sargent, E. H.* The Dynamic Adsorption Affinity of Ligands Is a Surrogate for the Passivation of Surface Defects. Nat. Commun. 2024, 15 (1), 2035.

​ Maxwell, A.; Chen, H.; Grater, L.; Li, C.; Teale, S.; Wang, J.; Zeng, L.; Wang, Z.; Park, S. M.; Vafaie, M.; Sidhik, S.; Metcalf, I. W.; Liu, Y.; Mohite, A. D.; Chen, B.*; Sargent, E. H.* All-Perovskite Tandems Enabled by Surface Anchoring of Long-Chain Amphiphilic Ligands. ACS Energy Lett. 2024, 520–527.

​ Yang, Y.; Liu, C.; Ding, Y.; Ding, B.; Xu, J.; Liu, A.; Yu, J.; Grater, L.; Zhu, H.; Hadke, S.; Sangwan, V.; Bati, A. S. R.; Hu, X.; Li, J.; Park, S. M.; Hersam, M.; Chen, B.*; Nazeeruddin, M.*; Kanatzidis, M. G.*; Sargent, E.H.* A Thermotropic Liquid Crystal Enables Efficient and Stable Perovskite Solar Modules. Nat. Energy 2024, 1–8.

​ Liu, C.; Yang, Y.; Chen, H.; Xu, J.; Liu, A.; Bati, A. S. R.; Zhu, H.; Grater, L.; Hadke, S. S.; Huang, C.; Sangwan, V. K.; Cai, T.; Shin, D.; Chen, L. X.; Hersam, M. C.; Mirkin, C. A.; Chen, B.*; Kanatzidis, M. G.*; Sargent, E. H.* Bimolecularly Passivated Interface Enables Efficient and Stable Inverted Perovskite Solar Cells. Science 2023, 382 (6672), 810–815.

​ Liu, Y.; Zhu, T.; Grater, L.; Chen, H.; dos Reis, R.; Maxwell, A.; Cheng, M.; Dong, Y.; Teale, S.; Leontowich, A. F. G.; Kim, C.-Y.; Chan, P. T.-S.; Wang, M.; Paritmongkol, W.; Gao, Y.; Park, S. M.; Xu, J.; Khan, J. I.; Laquai, F.; Walker, G. C.; Dravid, V. P.; Chen, B.*; Sargent, E. H.* A Three-Dimensional Quantum Dot Network Stabilizes Perovskite Solids via Hydrostatic Strain. Matter 2023. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matt.2023.10.015.

​ Chen, H.†; Maxwell, A.†; Li, C.†; Teale, S.†; Chen, B.†; Zhu, T.; Ugur, E.; Harrison, G.; Grater, L.; Wang, J.; Wang, Z.; Zeng, L.; Park, S. M.; Chen, L.; Serles, P.; Awni, R. A.; Subedi, B.; Zheng, X.; Xiao, C.; Podraza, N. J.; Filleter, T.; Liu, C.; Yang, Y.; Luther, J. M.; De Wolf, S.; Kanatzidis, M. G.; Yan, Y.; Sargent, E. H. Regulating Surface Potential Maximizes Voltage in All-Perovskite Tandems. Nature 2023, 613 (7945), 676–681.

​ Chen, B.; Sargent, E. H. What Does Net Zero by 2050 Mean to the Solar Energy Materials Researcher? Matter 2022, 5 (5), 1322–1325.

​ Chen, H.†; Teale, S.†; Chen, B.†; Hou, Y.†; Grater, L.; Zhu, T.; Bertens, K.; Park, S. M.; Atapattu, H. R.; Gao, Y.; Wei, M.; Johnston, A. K.; Zhou, Q.; Xu, K.; Yu, D.; Han, C.; Cui, T.; Jung, E. H.; Zhou, C.; Zhou, W.; Proppe, A. H.; Hoogland, S.; Laquai, F.; Filleter, T.; Graham, K. R.; Ning, Z.; Sargent, E. H. Quantum-Size-Tuned Heterostructures Enable Efficient and Stable Inverted Perovskite Solar Cells. Nat. Photonics 2022, 16 (5), 352–358.

​ Fang, Z.†; Wang, L.†; Mu, X.†; Chen, B.†; Xiong, Q.; Wang, W. D.; Ding, J.; Gao, P.; Wu, Y.; Cao, J. Grain Boundary Engineering with Self-Assembled Porphyrin Supramolecules for Highly Efficient Large-Area Perovskite Photovoltaics. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2021, 143 (45), 18989–18996.

​ Chen, B.; Chen, H.; Hou, Y.; Xu, J.; Teale, S.; Bertens, K.; Chen, H.; Proppe, A.; Zhou, Q.; Yu, D.; Xu, K.; Vafaie, M.; Liu, Y.; Dong, Y.; Jung, E. H.; Zheng, C.; Zhu, T.; Ning, Z.; Sargent, E. H. Passivation of the Buried Interface via Preferential Crystallization of 2D Perovskite on Metal Oxide Transport Layers. Adv. Mater. 2021, 33 (41), e2103394.

​ Jung, E. H.†; Chen, B.†; Bertens, K.; Vafaie, M.; Teale, S.; Proppe, A.; Hou, Y.; Zhu, T.; Zheng, C.; Sargent, E. H. Bifunctional Surface Engineering on SnO2 Reduces Energy Loss in Perovskite Solar Cells. ACS Energy Lett. 2020, 5 (9), 2796–2801.

​ Chen, B.; Baek, S.-W.; Hou, Y.; Aydin, E.; De Bastiani, M.; Scheffel, B.; Proppe, A.; Huang, Z.; Wei, M.; Wang, Y.-K.; Jung, E.-H.; Allen, T. G.; Van Kerschaver, E.; García de Arquer, F. P.; Saidaminov, M. I.; Hoogland, S.; De Wolf, S.; Sargent, E. H. Enhanced Optical Path and Electron Diffusion Length Enable High-Efficiency Perovskite Tandems. Nat. Commun. 2020, 11 (1), 1257.

​ Manekkathodi, A.†; Chen, B.†; Kim, J.; Baek, S.-W.; Scheffel, B.; Hou, Y.; Ouellette, O.; Saidaminov, M. I.; Voznyy, O.; Madhavan, V. E.; Belaidi, A.; Ashhab, S.; Sargent, E. Solution-Processed Perovskite-Colloidal Quantum Dot Tandem Solar Cells for Photon Collection beyond 1000 Nm. J. Mater. Chem. A Mater. Energy Sustain. 2019, 7 (45), 26020–26028.

​ Chen, B.; Wu, K.; Suslu, A.; Yang, S.; Cai, H.; Yano, A.; Soignard, E.; Aoki, T.; March, K.; Shen, Y.; Tongay, S. Controlling Structural Anisotropy of Anisotropic 2D Layers in Pseudo-1D/2D Material Heterojunctions. Adv. Mater. 2017, 29 (34), 1701201.

​ Chen, B.; Sahin, H.; Suslu, A.; Ding, L.; Bertoni, M. I.; Peeters, F. M.; Tongay, S. Environmental Changes in MoTe2 Excitonic Dynamics by Defects-Activated Molecular Interaction. ACS Nano 2015, 9 (5), 5326–5332.